Masculinity is self-assertion against the chaotic female
principle that threatens to subdue order

Pandora: the first woman, created as punishment for
Prometheus' theft of fire. Represented as consumer
of man's labor. So-called "misogyny" of myth
expresses fear of being destroyed by demands of nature.

Female perspective--in a biological universe, females may have
felt a sense of power they no longer feel, since reproductive
activity is less important in contemporary society